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Head coach Mark Johnson15th year, 428–78–39 Conference Western Collegiate Hockey Association |
The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
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History
On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference game at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI. It was the highest attended game of the season (3,892) and resulted in an 8–1 defeat of the Badgers.
In 2006, the Wisconsin Badgers became the first team outside the state of Minnesota to win the Women's Frozen Four championship. The Badgers defeated the defending champions, the Minnesota Golden Gophers, by a score of 3–0 at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On January 28, 2012, the Wisconsin Badgers broke the NCAA women's hockey attendance record for the third consecutive year with 12,402 fans in attendance. The game was part of a two-game sweep of the Bemidji State Beavers. The previous record for most fans to watch a women's college hockey game at the Kohl Center was 10,668. That record was set on January 29, 2011.
On November 6, 2016, Ann-Renee Desbiens achieved career shutout number 44, breaking Noora Raty’s record for most NCAA career shutouts.
An 8-2 win on December 4, 2016 against their rivals, the Minnesota Golden Gophers resulted in a career milestone. Playing in front of a sellout crowd at Labahn Arena, Sarah Nurse scored a hat trick, becoming the first player in program history to score a hat trick against Minnesota. It marked the first time that Wisconsin scored eight goals in a game since October 11, 2015 against Ohio State, as five different Badgers scored at least one goal.
* Johnson took a one-year leave to coach the 2010 US Women's Olympic team.
Frozen Four
Wisconsin appeared in the Frozen Four championship in the following years:
WCHA honors
WCHA All-Star teams
Badger Award
The Badger Award is a team honor known as Most Inspirational Player award.
Patty Kazmaier Award Winners
Sara Bauer – 2007 | Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Brianna Decker – 2012 | Ann-Renee Desbiens – 2017 |-
Bob Allen Women's Hockey Player of the Year Winners
Jessie Vetter – 2009 | Meghan Duggan – 2011 | Hilary Knight – 2014 | Brianna Decker – 2015 |-